> gMoney wrote: > I meant you can thank GWB for the American people's current infatuation with > a candidate who can speak clearly. >
If we built the perfect candidate, they'd have all of the following qualities: * Well spoken: such that he can align, focus, and inspire people and nations behind a cause * Well intentioned: such that, as much as possible, the leader thinks of the greater good and designs solutions and initiatives around that. * Well connected: has the network needed to quickly gather, synthesize, and socialize data about problems and issues. * Well reasoned: has a strong sense of logic and data driven decision making rather than ideological or "perfect world"; i.e., doesn't let the perfect be the enemy of the good * Well resourced: needs to have access to money and resources to quickly enable and follow through on initiatives. Barak Obama has proven that he's: 1.) Well spoken. 'nuff said. 2.) Well intentioned. His community activism over big money, his choice of public service over business, his support and advocacy for families, his constitutional scholarship, et al. 3.) Well connected. Obama has been able to build, over 2 years, a political network that's unprecedented. So powerful that he was able to overcome the ultimate connection mavens, the Clintons. 4.) Well reasoned. Any of his former colleagues at UofC or Harvard will tell you that he ALWAYS solicits opinions from every source before deciding and will frequently change his mind in light of new data. 5.) Well resourced. He's got the largest campaign staff and raised money than any candidate in history. Is he perfect? No. As a candidate he's black, has a funny and foreign name, doesn't have a long service record, and has no strong record of executive leadership. As a person, he's human and too liberal (so far) in comparison to me. But given the choice between ANY 70+ year old and him, he wins. The fact that the 72 year old is McCain put a 10 ton weight onto that cement. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:264609 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
